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THE WALLINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION

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2024 - 2025 Executive Committee

Chair: Janine Berstein
Co-Chair: Coco Kaminski
Secretary: Katie Dooley
Treasurer: Tara Salerno
Receiving Treasurer: Catherine Williams

announcements

Local author/illustrator Greg Pizzoli will visit our PM Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students on April 9th to share the first collection of stories in his new early reader series, Earl & Worm! Signed copies are available to purchase here. Greg Pizzoli is the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning creator of the Baloney and Friends graphic novel series, as well as the author and illustrator of the award-winning picture books The Watermelon Seed, Good Night Owl, and The Book Hog. He is the illustrator of the Jack series written by Mac Barnett, and he also writes nonfiction books for kids, including The New York Times Best Illustrated Tricky Vic, and PIZZA! A Slice of History.

All the children in WES land come to Mrs. Gaur’s Lemonade Stand! Lemonade and pretzel make a good snack, bring $2.00 in your backpack. Buy lemonade and pretzel and make your day sunny. Alex’s Lemonade Stand will get all your money. During lunch in the WES Cafeteria — April 7th, 8th & 9th — $1.00 for lemonade and $1.00 for soft pretzel.

WES Night at Swarthmore Pizza is here to solve your dinner dilemma! Eat in, take out, or order delivery from Swarthmore Pizza on Tuesday, April 8th between 4pm and 9pm. A portion of the proceeds goes back to support our school - be sure to mention WES Night

Each year, the WES PTO/Hospitality Committee sponsors a breakfast and basket giveaway for every staff member that supports our kids each and every day at WES for Teacher Appreciation Week. On Friday, May 9th, we will host the breakfast, and then they will get to choose a donated basket. The information for both the breakfast and baskets are in the sign up links below. You can check out some ideas here for favorite baskets we have received in the past! We need a lot of volunteers to make this happen so please consider signing up to bring food or donate a basket!

Breakfast Donations

Raffle Basket Donations

Mark Your Calendars for WES Garden Cleanup Day: April 27th
Spring is coming so the Greens and Grounds Committee has set the date for our spring cleanup. Please join with other WES friends on Sunday April 27, 1pm - 3pm while we clean up the gardens and plant a few new specimens around our lovely school. Bring the kiddos to help, too!
Please email Arianne Allan to sign up to help.

The Sustainability Committee has started a recycling program for school or home items that are difficult to recycle. Please bring in these items to the front lobby instead of throwing them out: printer cartridges, batteries, backpacks, pencils and pencil pouches, glue sticks and bottles (empty), pens, markers, highlighters, and crayons. We will be utilizing the recycling program through Staples. The crayons will be re-molded into new crayons that are given to children's hospitals around the US! Let's help keep these items out of a landfill! For more information contact: Christina Forwood, Amanda Hemmer, Erin Stancill, Danielle Ruttenberg or Shannon Swierczek.

The WES Yearbook is available to order online here! The deadline to order is April 11th, 2025.

Bob Shea visited WES on March 26th to share his new book, Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend with our AM Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders! Signed copies are available through Children's Book World here. Bob Shea is an acclaimed children’s book author who has written and illustrated over a dozen picture books, including the Dinosaur vs. series and Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great. Shea’s characters have appeared on Playhouse Disney, PBS Kids, and Nick Jr.

Calling all WES Volunteers! Join the PTO and make a difference next year! The Nominating Committee is looking for enthusiastic parents/guardians to join the WES PTO committees for the 2025-2026 school year.

It's a fantastic opportunity to:

Make an impact: Your contributions will help enrich our WES environment
Connect with the community: Build lasting friendships with volunteers and build a stronger school community
Have some fun!

Interested? Contact Ashley Drane, Arianne Allan, Maire Conrad, Suzanne Goodstein, Michele Henriques, or Lisa Zahn for more information.

Volunteer for Morning Car Line

SIGN UP HERE NOW for Car Line for the 2024-25 school year. Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers over the past few years. We couldn’t have done it without you! For anyone not familiar, Car Line Volunteers help with ensuring a smooth car drop off for all of our kids each morning from 8:15-8:45am, in the back loop of WES. If you have any questions, please contact Ted Benzing.